1999 Icelandic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 8 May 1999.
The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats. The coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party remained in office, with Davíð Oddsson continuing as Prime Minister.
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All 63 seats in the Althing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Independence Party | 67,513 | 40.74 | +3.67 | 26 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Alliance | 44,378 | 26.78 | –10.96 | 17 | –6 | |
| Progressive Party | 30,415 | 18.35 | –4.97 | 12 | –3 | |
| Left-Green Movement | 15,115 | 9.12 | New | 6 | New | |
| Liberal Party | 6,919 | 4.17 | New | 2 | New | |
| Humanist Party | 742 | 0.45 | New | 0 | New | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 441 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New | |
| Anarchists in Iceland | 204 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 165,727 | 100.00 | – | 63 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 165,727 | 97.82 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,697 | 2.18 | ||||
| Total votes | 169,424 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 201,443 | 84.11 | ||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Election Resources | ||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Independence | Left-Green | Liberal | Progressive | Social Democratic | Other |
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| Eastern | 26.34% | 10.96% | 2.90% | 38.40% | 21.20% | 0.19% |
| Northeastern | 29.85% | 22.04% | 1.88% | 29.17% | 16.78% | 0.27% |
| Northwestern | 31.94% | 9.41% | 3.27% | 30.33% | 24.84% | 0.22% |
| Reykjanes | 44.66% | 5.86% | 4.63% | 16.03% | 28.07% | 0.75% |
| Reykjavík | 45.71% | 9.39% | 4.18% | 10.35% | 29.02% | 1.34% |
| Southern | 36.02% | 2.88% | 2.85% | 29.18% | 28.73% | 0.34% |
| Western | 33.35% | 9.71% | 1.99% | 28.46% | 26.11% | 0.38% |
| Westfjords | 29.61% | 5.53% | 17.71% | 23.18% | 23.59% | 0.37% |
| Source: Constituency Level Election Archive | ||||||
References
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